I’m working on a clarinet passage using NotePerformer in Dorico, and I’m having trouble with the playback of a specific articulation combination (see attached image).
At the moment, Dorico plays the two notes as clearly separated. However, musically I would like them to sound connected — almost like they are slurred — but with a clear emphasis on the first note rather than two detached notes.
Also, would you say this is primarily a Dorico playback issue, or is it something determined by NotePerformer?
There you see, which playing technique really is getting triggered.
The proble might be that Dorico is searching for a playing technique that is the sum of everything found in that place. If there no combination for slur+tenuto can be found, Dorico might fall back to “regular note”.
If there is no tenuto(+slur), you can influence playback in Playback Options → Timing. The default tenuto is 98% of note length, (I think, I can’t remember if I changed it). I’d first start with Playback Overrides in the Noteperformer expression map. Check if there is something that isn’t the default.
@mdp842
Indeed Note Performer factory Expression Map/Playback Options Override for Tenuto is 95% (while Dorico’s factory value in Playback Options is 98%)
I asked this a while ago and Wallander (Noteperformer’s developer) also chimed in, but I ended up faking the tenuto markings in that project by replacing the glyph for the Unstressed articulation with a tenuto glyph. It was the only thing I could do to make it not playback separated. But my total lack of knowledge about anything playback-related no doubt was a factor. Perhaps Wallander’s and other users’ comments in that topic might help you though.
If that’s the case, just lengthen it in the key editor. Although, if you want them connected, why use tenuto in the first place? (unless, of course, you are engraving and must retain the original).
I’m not sure why my earlier suggestion didn’t work for you. Another possibility is to replace the tenuto articulation with a playing technique that uses the Tenuto above (U+E4A4) and Tenuto below (U+E4A5) glyphs but triggers the Accent playback technique.
There is some discussion about the meaning of these two articulations together, but in this case the dot is not used to indicate a tenuto, but to emphasize the first one, as it is not in the first time.
If you want something special (not shortened) to happen with tenuto under slur, add a base switch Legato + Tenuto, activate the length parameter and set it to 100 or above.
Sorry, it finally worked for me by modifying the Playback end offset. The only thing I think I had to put higher numbers than 12 for the black bindings. I don’t understand the proportion at which these numbers work.
